Wood
Dimensions : Diameter 37cm
Presumed date of origin: early 20th century
Arapesh stylistic area,
Prince Alexander Mountains region
East Sepik Province
Papua New Guinea
Provenance:
Collection Jean Claude Mocellin, Nice
Collected in the Prince Alexander Mountains, this beautiful circular dish is carved in the round with a superb engraved decoration. An anthropo-zoomorphic figure presenting two schematized faces, diamond-shaped, with intense expressivity rendered by the particularly meticulous treatment of the eyes. The two faces are linked by the same square body, decorated with curved lines and shapes. A frieze on the median axis, decorated with lozenges and circles, symbolically extends his gestures.
A hole in the handle allows a cord to be passed through to secure the dish.
Price: €850
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